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| name = Aegon I Targaryen<br />
| title = King of the Andals, the Rhoynar, and the First Men; Lord of the Seven Kingdoms<br />
| house = [[House Targaryen]]<br />
| race = Valyrian<br />
| culture = Valyrian<br />
| status = Deceased<br />
| region = [[Crownlands]]<br />
| born = Before the Conquest, on [[Dragonstone]]<br />
| died = 37 AC, on Dragonstone<br />
| fate = Died of a stroke; succeeded by his son Aenys I<br />
| quote = ''"I will take my own."''<br />
}}<br />
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'''Aegon I Targaryen''', called '''Aegon the Conqueror''' and '''Aegon the Dragon''', was the founder of the Targaryen dynasty and the first man to rule the [[Seven Kingdoms]] of [[Westeros]] from the [[Iron Throne]]. Riding his dragon [[Balerion]] the Black Dread, he united six of the seven kingdoms by conquest and a seventh through marriage, beginning the Targaryen line that would rule for nearly three centuries.<br />
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== Aegon's Conquest ==<br />
Aegon was lord of [[Dragonstone]], a Valyrian house that had escaped the [[Doom of Valyria]] a century earlier. With his sister-wives [[Visenya Targaryen|Visenya]] and Rhaenys, and their three dragons Balerion, Vhagar, and Meraxes, Aegon landed at the mouth of the [[Blackwater Rush]] and raised a wooden fort that would grow into [[King's Landing]].<br />
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His campaign broke the kings of Westeros one by one. At the [[Field of Fire]], the combined hosts of [[House Gardener]] of the Reach and [[House Lannister]] were annihilated by dragonfire. King [[Torrhen Stark]] of the North bent the knee rather than face the same fate, becoming the King Who Knelt. Only [[Dorne]] resisted conquest and remained independent.<br />
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== Reign ==<br />
Aegon was crowned at [[Oldtown]] by the High Septon of the [[Faith of the Seven]] and forged the [[Iron Throne]] from the swords of his defeated enemies, said to number a thousand. He divided the realm among loyal lords, established the office of the [[Hand of the King]], and largely left local custom intact. He reigned for thirty-seven years and was succeeded by his son Aenys.<br />
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== Legacy ==<br />
Aegon's Conquest became the starting point of the Westerosi calendar, dates being reckoned as "After the Conquest" (AC). His landing and the unification of the realm are recounted at length in ''[[Fire & Blood]]''.<br />
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''Screen note: in the HBO series'' Game of Thrones, ''Aegon the Conqueror is referenced as the founder of the dynasty but does not appear.''<br />
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